Scythe-fastening device.



'J. C. MAHAN.

SYTHE FASTBNING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED APn.-1119os.

9 1 6,744. Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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JAMES C. MAHAN, OF CREEKSIDE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SGYTHE-FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 11, 1908.

Patented March. 30, 1909.

Serial No. 426,622.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES C. MAI-TAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Creekside, in the county of Indiana and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inScythe-Fastening Devices, of which the following is a. Specification.

This invent-ion relates to improvements in Scythe fastening devices, andthe object of the invention is to provide a Simple and inexpensivedevice of this character' whereby a Scythe may be effectively seeuredupon a Snath without danger of loosening or the breaking of the Scythewhen mowing.

lith these objects in view the invention resides in the novelconstruction of parts and their arrangement in operative combination,hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a snathillustrating thereon a scythe connected by the improved device. Fig. 2is a central longitudinal. section of the plate upon the smith andshowing the manner in which the Scythe shank is secured.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral l designates the snath. Thesnath is provided with a flattened .face 2, adapted for the reception ofa plate 3, This plate 3 is provided With bands il having suitableopenings adapted for the reception of retaining clements by which theplate is ell'ectively sccured upon the snath. The plate 3 is providedwith perforated ears 5 upon its rear end, and these ears 5 are suitablyspaced apart for the reception of a perforated projection (S providedupon a longitudinally extending member' 7. Suitable pintles 8 areemployed, whereby the member i" hingedly connected to the ears of theplate 3. The plate 3 is provided with spaced projections 9 adapted toserve as retaining elements for the shank l0 of a Scythe ll, The plate 3is also provided with a plurality of cnt away portions or recesses l2,adapted for the reception of the offset 13 positioned upon the end ofthe shank l0. A loose band l-l is employed, and this band is provided.with a flattened upper port-ion l5, adapted to normally overlie thehinged member 7. A key or wedge 16 is also provided, and is adapted tobe positioned upon the hinged member 7 and beneath the flattened underface of the band 14, whereby the hinged member 7 is securely positionedupon the shank 10 of the Scythe as illustrated in the figures of thedrawing.

The operation of connecting a Scythe to the snath is as follows: rI`heband 11i is moved rearwardly upon the snath l and the hinged member "7is swung rearwardly. The shank 10 of the Scythe is now positioned uponthe pla to 3, the offset 13 occupying one of the recesses 12 and theedges of the shank lying between the projections 9. rI`he hinged member7 is now swung upon the upper face of the shank 10, the band 14; ismoved to a position approximately central of the plate 23, and the wedge1G is driven between the band and the upper face of the hinged meniber 7to effectively secure the Scythe upon the snath.

illhile I have illustrated and described a scythe fastening device forsnaths, it will be apparent that the device will be equally effective insecuring a Scythe upon a grain cradle or the like.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

l. In a device of the character described, a snath, a plate upon theSnath, a hinged member connected with the plate, projections upon theplate arranged in spaced relation with each other, the plate beingprovided with depressions, a band upon the snath, a Scythe having anoffset provided upon its shank, the oii'set adapted to engage one of theimpressions and adapted to lie bctween the projections of the plate, thehinged member adapted to be swung over the Shank of the Scythe, the bandadapted te be positioned to overlie the hinged member, and a wedgeadapted to be inserted between the band and hinged member.

2. In combination with a scythe blade having a shank, a Snath on whichthe shank of said Scythe blade bears, Said snath and said shank havingcoengaging devices to position said shank on Said snath, a plate hingedat one end to Said snath and bearing on the outer Side of said shank, aband passing around said snath, shank and plate and means to fasten saidband to said hinged plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. MAHAN.

l/Vitnesses:

E. O. LYDIC, J. BARTON CARNAHAN.

